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½ Kreuzer - Charles VI Kuttenberg
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1713-1716 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the crowned rampant lion of Bohemia, rendered without a surrounding frame or cartouche, flanking the royal cypher C-VI on either side. The four-digit regnal date is inscribed vertically to the right of the lion. The Kuttenberg mint mark appears in the lower field beneath the lion. The overall design is characteristically spare, with minimal ornamentation consistent with small-denomination coinage of the period. The strike is typical of hammered provincial mint production under Emperor Charles VI. |
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| Mint | Kuttenberg, modern-day Kutná Hora, Czech Republic |
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Charles VI inherited the Bohemian crown as part of the Habsburg hereditary lands following the War of the Spanish Succession, and the Kuttenberg mint — known in Czech as Kutná Hora — had been one of the most productive silver-striking facilities in central Europe since the medieval Groschen era, fed by the exceptionally rich Bohemian ore deposits. By the early 18th century its output was a fraction of its medieval peak, but it retained its charter and continued producing small-denomination coinage for local circulation.
The Herinek reference spanning 1657–1740 reflects how little this minor type varied across decades of production.